Issue of May 18, 2020

Building Reverse Bridges by Jay Cole — Cover story speculative fiction

Jay Cole is a science and speculative fiction writer from from Phoenix, Arizona.

No Time by Connie S. Tettenborn — Poem rhymed

"...The thief of our time comes in stealth..."

An Old Yankee Stadium Matinee by Tony Gloeggler — Poem unrhymed

"You've cut work and feel free, giddy like the time you played hooky from sixth grade..."

Media Wise by Frederick Foote — Poem unrhymed

"The trick was dancing the news..."

Not Aging This Year by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"2020, she said, you had better know this..."

Ode to the Mediocre by John Patrick Robbins — Poem unrhymed

"...I am never an outlaw, but I am a rebel to a lost cause..."

The Truth About Birds by Charlie Brice — Poem unrhymed

"...let a blanket of sky swaddle me in its splendor..."

Thinking of You Is Full of Comfort (#26 - 29) by Xi Nan (Nancy) — Poem unrhymed

The first in a series of poems with three-line stanzas.

What Knight in Shining Armor! by Pranab Ghosh — Poem unrhymed

"Knight in Shining Armor" -- first in a series of poems. "...A shadowy figure as pale as the breeze..."

words by Mike Zone — Poem unrhymed

"...no better sensation..."